John Castrilli
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Honourable
|name = John Castrilli
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OAM}}
|image =
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|caption =
|office = Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
|term_start = 23 September 2008
|term_end=11 March 2017
|premier = Colin Barnett
|constituency_MP2 = Bunbury
|parliament2 = Western Australian
|term_start2 = 26 February 2005
|term_end2 =30 January 2017
|predecessor2 = Tony Dean
|successor2 = Don Punch
|term_start3 = 1997
|term_end3 = 2005
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 = David Smith
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|11|22}}
|birth_place = Roccamandolfi, Italy
|birthname = Giovanni Mario Castrilli
|citizenship = Australian
|party = Liberal Party
|spouse = Loretta
|profession = Accountant
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080718171043/http://www.johncastrilli.com.au/ johncastrilli.com.au]
}}
Giovanni Mario "John" Castrilli {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} ({{IPA|it|dʒoˈvanni ˈmaːrjo kaˈstrilli|lang}}; born 22 November 1950), is a former Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bunbury after winning the seat in the 2005 election. He retired in 2017.{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Castrilli,+Giovanni+%28John%29+Mario?opendocument | title=Member Profile – Hon. Giovanni (John) Mario Castrilli MLA | publisher=Parliament of Western Australia | accessdate=16 May 2012}}
Early life
Castrilli's father, Antonio, arrived in Australia in 1952 after migrating from Roccamandolfi in Italy, he was joined by the rest of his family in 1954.{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/%28MemberPics%29/8020D3696CF251F248256FBE001907A6/$file/InaugCastrilli.pdf | title=Inaugural Speech – Mr John Castrilli MLA | publisher=Parliament of Western Australia | accessdate=16 May 2012}}
Political career
Starting his career in local politics in 1991, Castrilli served as a councillor of the City of Bunbury from 1991 to 1997. Castrilli was then elected as Mayor of Bunbury in 1997 and re-elected in 2001 with a two-party vote of 73.5%.{{cite web|url=http://www.johncastrilli.com.au/about_john.php|title=About John|work=johncastrilli.com.au|accessdate=16 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321004250/http://www.johncastrilli.com.au/about_john.php|archivedate=21 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}
Contesting the seat of Bunbury for the first time in the 2005 election Castrilli beat the sitting Labor member with a swing of +0.6 points and winning the seat by 0.4 points.{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2005/guide/bunb.htm | title=Western Australia Election 2005 – Bunbury Electorate Profile | work=ABC News | accessdate=16 May 2012}}
He immediately became a shadow minister under leader Matt Birney, serving in the Local Government and Regional Development shadow portfolio from March 2005 to May 2005.
After the defeat of the Labor government at the 2008 election, he was appointed to the Barnett Ministry and became Minister for Local Government, in which role he handled a controversial proposition to amalgamate smaller local councils.{{cite news | url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/local-government-wipeout-castrilli-to-cull-onethird-of-councils-20091001-geet.html | title=Local government wipeout: Castrilli to cull one-third of councils | work=WAtoday | date=5 October 2009 | accessdate=16 May 2012 | author=Thomson, Chris | publisher=Fairfax Media}}
References
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Category:People from the Province of Isernia
Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Category:People from Bunbury, Western Australia
Category:Australian politicians of Italian descent
Category:People of Molisan descent
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:21st-century Australian politicians